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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Amnesty International USA" <<a href="mailto:alerts@takeaction.amnestyusa.org">alerts@takeaction.amnestyusa.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 21, 2012 1:43:39 PM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Irene Malone" <<a href="mailto:irenelsm@mcn.org">irenelsm@mcn.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>I saw Troy Davis today in California</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:alerts@takeaction.amnestyusa.org">alerts@takeaction.amnestyusa.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <table style="margin: 0px auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="650" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 0" height="107"> <td style="line-height: 0" height="107" colspan="5"><a style="color: #a00a32; text-decoration: none" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=5nJEIPOrFaIJIQMvD&s=hmJWKdP3JrJ5LiOYLvF&m=beINIYPwHcLGKZL"><img border="0" alt="Amnesty International" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account11681/images/amnestytop.jpg" width="650" height="107"></a></td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" width="30"></td> <td bgcolor="#a00a32" height="80" colspan="3"><p style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #fff; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 5px">Voting "YES" on Prop 34 means eliminating the risk of executing the innocent forever!</p></td> <td style="text-align: center" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" rowspan="4" width="20"></td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 30px" rowspan="3" width="380"><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px">Dear Irene,<br><br>I saw Troy Davis today in California. <br><br>Come to think about it -- he was there when Oregon's governor refused to allow another execution to take place on his watch. And I'm positive that Troy was in Connecticut this past spring -- on the day its legislature made it the 17th state to do away with the death penalty.<br><br><strong>The state of Georgia may have executed Troy Davis one year ago today, but I continue to see so much of Troy's legacy reflected in our fight to end the death penalty worldwide</strong>.<br><br>Now it's California's turn. This November, we have an historic opportunity to pass a ballot initiative on the death penalty. Amnesty International has been a proud supporter of the campaign that has been heating up here. Our student and community activists have been busy gathering support for Prop 34, organizing events and activities to educate their communities about the sad reality of California's flawed system and the chance we have to change things. <br><br><a style="color: #a00a32; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=8qKKJYPDIdLPK0PIF&s=hmJWKdP3JrJ5LiOYLvF&m=beINIYPwHcLGKZL">Pledge to vote YES on Prop 34 -- replacing California's death penalty with life without parole!</a><br><br>California could join the growing number of states turning their backs on the flawed death penalty system. Proposition 34 is a ballot initiative that will not only save the state $130 million a year, but <strong>it eliminates the risk of executing an innocent person forever! </strong><br><br><strong>Another Troy Davis could live right here. In fact, some say he already does</strong>. A man named Thomas Thompson was executed in 1998 amid serious doubts about his guilt. And five men sentenced to death under current California law were later cleared of the murder charges that put them on death row.<sup>1</sup><br><br>We believe the death penalty is never the right answer. And <strong>as long as the death penalty is on the books, then we will always risk executing the innocent</strong>. <br><br>Ending the death penalty in California this year would not only be a resounding victory for human rights in our state, but will make a deep impact on the rest of the country.<br><br>But first, we need your support. <a style="color: #a00a32; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=bjIQK7MPKgKVIaOVE&s=hmJWKdP3JrJ5LiOYLvF&m=beINIYPwHcLGKZL">We need your pledge.</a> We need your vote in November.<br><br>See you at the polls,<br><br>William Butkus<br>Field Organizer, Western Region<br>Amnesty International USA<br><br>P.S. Please <a style="color: #a00a32; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ewKWKgN1IjI1KkN8G&s=hmJWKdP3JrJ5LiOYLvF&m=beINIYPwHcLGKZL">share this image</a> with your friends and family today. Tell them all about Troy Davis and what his story means to California.<br><br><br> </p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-size: 8pt" align="center">1. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Death-penalty-ban-seeks-to-answer-doubts-3870291.php">http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Death-penalty-ban-seeks-to-answer-doubts-3870291.php</a></div><div> <br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></td> <td rowspan="3" width="10"></td> <td style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 0px" bgcolor="#f2f0f0" valign="top" width="210" border="0"><img style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; padding-top: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFiles/account11681/images/getinvolved.jpg" width="210" height="69"> <a style="color: #a00a32; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=7fLILVPzHcLNI0MHE&s=hmJWKdP3JrJ5LiOYLvF&m=beINIYPwHcLGKZL">Another Troy Davis in California?</a> <br><br><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=aiJOI4MLJfKTJaPUH&s=hmJWKdP3JrJ5LiOYLvF&m=beINIYPwHcLGKZL"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account11681/images/W1209EADP3_2.jpg"></a><p style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; color: #999; font-size: 9px; padding-top: 0px"></p><p style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; font-size: 14px; padding-top: 10px">Prop 34, the "SAFE Cailfornia Act", would replace California's costly, flawed death penalty with life in prison without parole.</p><br><br><a style="color: #a00a32; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=dvLUJdNXLiJZLkO7F&s=hmJWKdP3JrJ5LiOYLvF&m=beINIYPwHcLGKZL"><img border="0" alt="Take Action" src="https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFiles/account11681/images/takeactionsidebarbutton.png"></a> <br><br><p style="text-align: left; 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